As we watched the movie, I didn’t think much of it because it wasn’t a good movie. At the end of the movie, I released something about the current theme of why we create in general or at least the process that we go through. In the beginning, we create because of a certain need(for example, in the movie golem was created for the need of protection from the adversaries. the creation begins and works successfully; some might even call too successful to be true. however, like anything we create for Example a machine it can run through some bugs here and there, but in the case of golem killing just for personal reasons rather than protection. In A machine if the bug isn’t solved the machine doesn’t work, but in some cases, the machine could explode and create various problems away from the actual intentions of the machines in the first place. in golem, he started killing everyone regardless of the actual point, which is protection. We can see this case for AI, for example, some people are fascinated about how much it is better than humans and successfully it is at doing complex processes. I dont pay attention to history we might be doom to repeat it. maybe AI is the future but don’t we need regulations first, or understanding how it works or even how fast to can go, which is the same plot of the movie, the mother didn’t understand or comprehend the damage it can cause to the people around her first, but took a leap that could have been unnecessary at all in the first place.

In my opinion the Golem movie was somehow unrealistic. the movie showed that humans are able to create people because Hannah was able to create a boy instead of her son who died. The movie was weird because the golem that she created was supposed to save the community but the opposite happened, the golem killed many people, except Hannah’s husband which i found something really weird. Also another thing that i was stinking about is how does the golem and Hannah feel the same thing at the same time, which is something that unrealistic because even if people created robots or any kind of creature they would’ve not feel the same thing at the same time. Also how come Hannah didn’t know that the golem is a killer even though she saw the heart of the woman that the golem killed in the beginning. Overall, i didn’t like the movie and i think that it is unrealistic and the ending was really bad.

Last week we talked about if humans are machines or not. In my opinion, humans are not machines because if they were machines they would’ve not felt that they are being treated badly, or that they’ve got replaced by machines. If they were machines they would’ve not revolted during the industrial revolution because machines don’t have an opinion, machines are created to obey their creator and don’t have a choice. Finally i think that humans are not machines because they are the ones who created those machines.

The movie follows a small Jewish community in Lithuania in the 1600s. A time when the plague is ravaging through the continent however this small community is unaffected by it, which warrants attention from foreign invaders. To protect her village Hannah defies the orders of the rabbi and conjured up a spirit to fend off the invaders. The golem has the shape of a small child and Hannah uses it to fill the hole left by the death of her son Joseph and becomes extremely attached to the spirit.

Near the end of the movie Hannah’s husband implores her to get rid of the evil spirit but Hannah refuses to do so. She has become blinded to the fact that this is not her son Joseph, much like the story of the Greek woman who constructed a bronze statue of her husband and starting treating it as if it was really her husband. The difference here is, eventually, Hannah managed to beat her inner demons an get over the death of her son, and she put an end to the golem (which was very uncomfortable to watch).

The movie Golem was able to show the degree to which people long for the ability to create life and the degree to which they love their creation. Hana loved the golem that she created as a son and wasn’t able to kill it until she saw the destruction and chaos that he caused. However, this is a new idea of golem that is not exactly similar to the one we read about where the golem was basically responsible for house chores and wasn’t able to get out of the house, this version of golem resembles more household AI. However, the new idea of the golem demonstrated in the movie resembles the terminator in a sense!

I found the story’s plot to be slightly confusing, as I did not understand why the child suddenly appeared to rescue the main character, who is supposed to be his mother, from the evil figures that were chasing her. However, I was able to instantly make a connection between the way he was brought to life, and the chapter discussed in class about Prometheus. In the movie, the child was revived from the Earth, which was evidently shown by the mud covering his entire body. As well, when his “mother” made the decision to let him go, his entire being gradually transformed to dust, enabling him to return to where he initially came from. The aforementioned is very similar to the Greek mythology, where it was assumed that humans were essentially clay figures who were provided souls using the wind. As well, the way the child killed everyone in the village brought my attention to another intriguing idea. Whether we like it or not, we resemble automata to a certain extent. For instance, we are controlled by systems that would not function without their vital components, which in this case are the organs. Therefore, if one of these components completely shuts down, the entire system will deteriorate, if not shut down as well. In the movie, when people’s hearts were pulled out of their chest, they immediately died, as the body’s pumping machine was removed. Similarly, when a robot has technical errors, it malfunctions until the error is repaired, hence proving the resemblance in the mechanism between humans and automata. Finally, while watching the movie, I remember thinking to myself that the little boy is not entirely evil. Evidently, this is the image he is showed everyone, considering that he went around killing all villagers, including the witch. However, I perceive this to be an act of self-defence, as he was attacked by everyone around. Also, when he was controlled by his “mother”, she prevented him from killing the Christian man, who was simply ordered to leave their land along with their daughter. To conclude, I found the movie to be entertaining, as I subconsciously analysed many of its ideas, but not as scary as I thought it would be.

I watched once a documentary movie called AlphaGo about artificial intelligence. The movie is about a British company that developed a computer program to play Go, an ancient Chinese board game. What is unique about Go is that it is an abstract game on a material board, and has 19×19 grid lines, which is 361 points on the board. According to the movie, the number of configurations on the board is more than the number of atoms in the universe. Such complexity and abstractness of the game have been challenging programmers to design a game that can compete with Go champions. After years of work, the company developed an algorithm that makes the game learn by itself by playing with itself, and after playing an enormous number of games, it acquired a knowledge of the possibilities of almost every move on the board. The programmers wanted to check how powerful and professional their game is. Therefore, they proposed a challenge with a Korean player, who had been the world champion of Go for several years. The game was set for three days: around for each day, and it ended up to be two to one to the robot.

The interesting thing about the movie was the feeling fear, suspense, unity and a whole bunch of emotions when the game was one, and the analysts were talking about the game. The Korean championship, judges, reporters, analysts, professional players, and viewers including me thought that such a game is crucial as it determines our intelligence, knowledge, and experience limitations. Indeed, its result will be reflected in several scopes and disciplines; robots may be able shortly to make decisions for us by considering the possibilities of every single thing in our life: from medicine, engineering to economics and politics, and if that happened, our existence would be a significant concerning question. Therefore, we felt that the winning or losing of the Korean man is ours. I think everyone, even the programmers, was somehow disappointed that we lost against a machine. Such a result invoked a lot of questions such as: what is the difference between machines and us? Will there be a point in the future that computers become the most intelligent being on earth? What will happen to us then? How come a creation can surpass its creator? Why are we upset in the first place of what we have reached by our intelligence? Is artificial intelligent progress beneficial for us? And most importantly is what our next step should be?

I think how aware and conscious about artificial intelligence we are and how we interact with its everyday growth is indispensable for us to know where we are standing and what we need to do. Besides, before posting this article, I surprisingly realized that I had used a program to proofread this article and make it better while at the same time writing about artificial intelligence and its plausible risks.

According to the readings that i have read and analysed from the beginning of this semester, and all the discussions and conclusions that we have come up with as a class. In my opinion, automata, robots or machines have been present throughout the different ages starting from 200 B.C till the 18th century. The only thing that differs is how was it used and for what purpose. I have realized that as long as we come closer to the 21st century, people start using machines or automata for more important purposes like being more productive; unlike, in older centuries where they have been used for sex, entertainment and to express power.

After the discussions that took place in class about the “Enlightened Automata”, a lot of controversial issues were raised regarding the future of workers and their current position in any job. The decision of replacing human labor with machinery was taken back in the 1700’s, in fact, due to the technological advances nowadays this kind of labor replacement is increasing in many workplaces to the extent that in some places only employees with limited capabilities are hired for clerical tasks while other employees with high capabilities are left unemployed . From an economic and financial perspective depending on automata in production is the most efficient way to reduce costs and maximize one’s profits; however, this would definitely one day shaken the economic stability due to the upcoming increase in the unemployment rates if such kind of human replacement continued. Moreover, since the world started to be capitalist oriented where the only focus is maximizing the return regardless the undesirable consequences on other involved parties; this type of economic system won’t actually stop the train of introducing automata in all different job fields, and unfortunately the productive role of workers will continue to diminish over time. As a result of this implementation the benefits of “Free reason” will not be accessed anymore and the level of creativity will drop dramatically, and we will depend solely on the “inanimate reason”.

We said during last class that humans started seeking efficiency in production in the enlightenment period. We asked “Why do humans seek this efficiency”. I believe that the answer lies in human curiosity.

Humans are curious by nature. Curiosity has an evolutionary purpose as people had to be curious about their surroundings or else they wouldn’t survive. However, nowadays the vast majority of people do not worry about any immediate threat to their lives in the same way early humans did, therefore the curiosity “trait” has somehow changed to become our hunger for understanding laws of nature and the world around us. This hunger for knowledge in turn has made us more efficient in satisfying our wants and needs. So the more we discover about the world the more we want to discover more.

A scientist called Kardashev defined three levels of civilizations based on the magnitude of power available to them. This video will explain the Kardashev scale better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNhhvQGsMEc

We are now a type I civilization. and judging by our current trajectory, humans aim to advance to become type II and type III civilizations. Supposedly, this will allows us to create a utopia. All because we are curious by nature.